Hinge



April 24, 1928. 1,667,102

. R. CRAMPTON HINGE Filed Feb. 16. `1925 maw/x Patented Apr. 24, 1928.

, UNITED sTAT 1,667,102 PATENT OFFICE.

BASIL IB.. CBAMPTON, & GRAMIVTOYN, F

HINGE.

" Application led February 16, 1925. SerialA No. 9,436.

This invention relates to a hinge and one mary object of the hinge members is very economically attained by reason of the construction of such members, whereby bufiing and polishing the same for nickeling and for polishing after nickeling is easily accomplished on account of the surfaces of the members being readily engaged by bufng or 20. wheels. A further object of the invention is to construct a hinge which may be readily fitted to doors, such as refrigerator doors,

` wherein, due to discrepancies in the dimensions of the doors with respect to the cas- 25 ings which they fit it is necessary man times to bend or malform the hinge to ta e care of the variations. This is accomplished in hinges, ordinaril byl striking one mem r of the same wit a ammer so as to bend 3o the hinge to compensate for any discrepancy there may be in the fit of the door to the door casing. In most hinges it is necessary to strike and thus bend the hinge at the outside or on a nickeled polished surface, with the result that the nickel is dented or otherwise marred and in many cases is broken from the body of the hinge underneath. In the present invention the construction is such that this adjustment is `made by striking a member of the hinge on an under side which is not seen and which is not polished and. on which any dents or mars made are of no consequence. Various other objects and purposes than those stated will appear 46 as understanding of the invention is had from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, 1n which, y

Fig. 1 is an elevationof the hlnge, a part of one `member being broken away and shown in section for better disclosure of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the hinge construction shown in Fig. 1.

polishing Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one member of the hinge.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view looking at the under side of vthe other member of the hinge, and

Fig. 5 is a sectionthrough a fragmentary portion of a door and door casing and showing the, hinge used to mount said door on the casing and with the door in the position to which it is moved when adjustment of the hinge to fit the door to the 'casing opening is required. l

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the different figures of the drawing.

In the construction of ber,

the hinge one memlndlcated at l, 1s made from sheet metal land has a substantiall flat outer side, at one end being formed with a curved inwardly pro3ect1ng end 2,

around its sides and other end edges bein formed with an integral mwardly exten ing flange 3 which, at each side and adjacent the end wherethe curved section 2 is located, is widened to make relatively wide ears 4, as shown. This member 'of the hinge, it will be noted,l has a broad and flat outer surface which may be readily buied and polished and the outer sides of the flanges 3 and ears 4, as well as the outer side of the lcurved section 2, may be conveniently reached by a buffing or 'olishing wheel so that the inshin of t e hingel member is accomplished wit a minimum of effort. 'l

The other member of the hin e comprises a plate 5 which may be outwardy dished for purposes of reinforcement and which, at its inner end,has apro1ecting outwardly curved section 6 integral with the plate 5, continued in a return bend 7 from which a section 8 eX- tends ba'ckwardl and outwardly at an angle to the plane of t e plate 5 and terminates in a pintle receiving roll 9 as shown, the same being located substantially over the 'unction of the section 6 with the plate 5. 'I`he part of this hinge which has to be buifed and polished and finished,V that is the plate 5, is readily accessible for the necessary builing and polishing operations.

The hinge member l is placed over the sections 6, 8 and the roll 9 with the ears 4 located one at eachend thereof. A pintle rod 10 is passed through openin the ears'4 1n and through the roll 9, its en' s being riveted over to make a permanent and secure connection of the two hinge members as is evident. en thus assembled the sections 6 and 8 and the bend 7 and roll 9 are covered from view. When the hinge is attached to a door and door casing the hinge member 1 is fastened to the door l1 by screws or other suitable fastenings and the hinge-plate 5 similarly attached to one side of the door casing 12, as shown in Fig. 5. Many times in fitting the door to the door casing, due to too much removal of material at the `rise in the door, indicated at 11a, the inner side of such portion does not come into sufficiently close contact with the outer side of the door casing. When this occurs it isnecessar only to turn the door tothe Vpdsition shown 1n Fig. 5, in which case the door is wide open, and strike the part 8 with a hammer so as to bend it closer to the inner portion of the hinge. Inasmuch as the side of the part 8 thus struck by the hammer is always out of sight except when the door is fully open (and this occurs only infrequently and for very short periods of time), any denting or marring of this portion of the hinge is of little or no consequence; while the outer eX- posed sides and parts of the hinge are not injured in any manner in effecting the proper fit and adjustment of the door to the casing opening. This lis one important feature of the invention and combined with the simplicity of construction and the ease of finishing the parts, together with the attractive appearance presented by the hinge make the invention one of great merit. The invention is defined in the appended claims and is to be considered as comprehensive of orms of structure coming within their scope.

I claim plate of the second hinge member at the end thereof lwhere said ears are located being of said roll, substantially as described,I

2. In a hinge, a hinge member comprisin a plate formedat one end with an outwarly bent pliable section which is turned back upon itself in a second section terminatin in an eye spaced away from said plate an a second hin e mem er pivotally attached to the said bac turned section by a pintle extending through said eye, said second hinge member normally lying over and coverln said outwardly bent sect-ion and back turne portion thereof.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

BASIL R. CRAMPTON. 

